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Frank Ricci, the lead plaintiff in the Ricci v. DeStefano case, looks on during the press conference Monday outside the federal courthouse on Church Street. Ricci said the Supreme Court's decision "vindicated" him and his fellow plaintiffs.
Horace Williams/Contributing Photographer

Frank Ricci, the lead plaintiff in the Ricci v. DeStefano case, looks on during the press conference June 29 outside the federal courthouse on Church Street. Ricci said the Supreme Court's decision "vindicated" him and his fellow plaintiffs.

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